Life expectancy
In a nutshell
In 2002, life expectancy at birth for females born in UK was 81 years, compared with 76 years for males. This contrasts with 49 and 45 years respectively at the turn of the last century in 1901 (www.statistics.gov.uk, source: Government Actuary's Department for expectation of life data).
UK Life expectancy at age 65 (the mean number of years still to be lived by a person who has reached the age of 65, if subjected throughout the rest of their life to the current morality conditions). Life expectancy for females in 2002 was 19.1 years at age 65, compared with 18.1 in 1992. Life expectancy for males in 2002 was 16.1 years at age 65, compared to 14.3 years in 1992. (epp.eurostat.eu, source: Eurostat).